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Editor's Note: Conventional gold is rising higher than ever, but have you considered investing in 'e-gold,' says Ian Davis. A ton of rock will give you about 0.18 ounces of gold, but a ton of cellphones contains about 5.3 ounces. Is it time to take a closer look at the recycling industry? <br />
It seems there's no time like the present for getting into gold. In New York trade the precious metal rose lockstep with crude — the black goo hitting yet another record price at $143.67 a barrel. Gold futures for August delivery rose $1.80, or 0.2 percent, to $933.10 an ounce. <br />
A Unique Gold Mining Business Is Making Some People Rich <br />
Ian Davis <br />
In today's essay, I'm going to tell you about a new era of gold mining. This type of mining has no exploration costs. It requires no digging or drilling. The mineral veins are incredibly consistent and yield 29 times more gold than the average mine. <br />
You could call it e-mining. <br />
On average, one ton of rock from a gold mine yields around 0.18 ounces of gold. One ton of discarded mobile phones, on the other hand, contains about 5.3 ounces of gold (according to a study done by Yokohama Metal, a recycling firm). Cell phone manufacturers like gold for its conductivity and malleability. <br />
That same ton of phones also contains, on average, around 100 kilograms of copper, three kilograms of silver, and a slew of other metals. <br />
Right now, recycling, and especially recycling "e-waste," makes up a small portion of the waste disposal business. For example, recycling only accounted for 9.8% of first-quarter revenue at Waste Management (the largest U.S. waste disposal company). Most of that recycling revenue came from processing corrugated cardboard and newsprint. <br />
However, the e-waste niche has a lot of growth potential. High metals prices are making it economical to sort all of this stuff out. Currently, in the U.S., less than 20% of e-waste is separated from other trash for processing and recovery. <br />
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Actually, all types of "processing and recovery" have a lot of growth potential. The "green" movement – with leaders like Al Gore and Ted Turner – has never been stronger. <br />
So today, we're going to look at the waste sector. As you'll see, the potential growth in recycling is the latest revenue stream in a very consistent industry. <br />
The following chart shows the performance of the waste disposal sector since 1973, including dividends. <br />
Waste & Disposal Stocks Have <br />
Underperformed Since 1990 <br />
As you can see, the latter half of the 1970s, and all of the 1980s, was a great time to invest in waste collection. If you had invested in the sector between 1975 and 1990, you would have made a 32.6% a year, including dividends. By 1990, Waste Management sold for 80 times earnings. <br />
Since then, the sector has struggled. If you had invested in waste collection between 1990 and today, you would have earned just 3% a year, including dividends. I guess the waste industry ran too far too fast. And waste disposal lacked the "tech" story everyone wanted to hear back then. <br />
But today, the public is much more willing to fund environmental protection than 20 years ago. Country's like Brazil, Russia, and China are getting richer, which means more money to spend on cleanup. Global warming is all over the news. And as I explained, e-mining is attractive due to high commodity prices… <br />
As you can see from the chart above, waste has been in a nice uptrend since 2003. Also, the valuations for waste companies are back to reasonable levels. The Datastream Waste & Disposal index has a P/E of 19.4… which is a bit less than the overall market. <br />
You have a few options if you want to invest in waste companies. One is buying the big players, including Waste Management (WMI) and Republic Services (RSG). <br />
Another option is the Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF (EVX). This fund tracks the AMEX environmental services index, which is loaded with companies that e-mine, haul garbage, manage sewers, filter water, and do all things related to cleanup. If you're looking for a typically boring, steady business with a few hi-tech kickers, this one is worth a look. Or at least see how much those old cell phones are worth. <br />
Good investing, <br />
Ian <br />
Source:  A Unique Gold Mining Business is Making Some People Rich <br />

It is a known fact that franchise owners usually have a better chance of success as a business operator than an independent start up owner. The likelihood of success can be attributed to a proven and tested business model, existing market brand, support and training from the franchisor. The question is, are there advantages to investing in the public stocks of franchises?Comparing the actual ownership and operation of a franchise to owning the stocks is like comparing apples to oranges. In terms of just an investment hypothetical, there are some clear advantages. We will take McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) as an example.The start up capital requirement for owning a McDonald’s franchise ranges from $500K-$1.6M. It would take a number of years to break even and turn a profit on the money invested. Since it is a franchise business, there are royalty payments to be paid and the time expenditure of running a business can be hefty.On the other hand, you do not need much to really own a piece of McDonald’s; in fact you can be an “owner” for $54.10 (current share price). If you are independently wealthy and just happen to have an extra $500K at your disposal and bought MCD five years ago at $13 per share, today you are sitting on at least a cool $2M in profits assuming proper trailing stop loss management and you got out at the $63.69 high.Not a bad ROI for about 20 minute’s worth of work placing trades and without all the hassles of running a brick and mortar business. Ok, ok I hear what you are saying. This was an ideal situation, hindsight is 20/20 and no one in their right mind would plop down half a million on just one stock.The point of this exercise is to demonstrate the potential of publicly traded franchises as a unique class of stocks to invest in. Entrepreneur magazine just recently released their “2008 500 Franchise Rankings” of both private and public franchises. McDonald’s and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) were among several of the many publicly traded franchises which made the top 20 on this list. Owning a carefully chosen basket of these stocks would have performed well.The University of New Hampshire’s Rosenberg Center compiles an index that tracks the market performance of the top 50 U.S. public franchisors every quarter. Over 98 percent of the market capitalization of corporations involved in the business of franchising is represented by the RCF 50 Index. This composite index of franchisors has beaten the S&P 500 in the past 5 years as shown in the published 2007 3rd quarter report.Professor Udo Schlentrich, director of the University of New Hampshire’s William Rosenberg International Franchise Center has this to say about the performance of the RCF 50 Index during and interview with Blue MauMau:“Although the Fran 50 companies have out-performed the S&P 500 companies for the past 5 years, there is no guarantee that they will continue to do so in the future. We believe some of the reasons we have seen this growth is that franchising, as a business model, has become better understood and valued by the investment community. For example, franchised companies are, by their very nature, less capital intensive. In addition, the financial risk is largely borne by the individual franchisee. Also, franchisee-owned stores are seen to operate more effectively in a retail environment than corporate-owned stores — however, there is still some controversy on this subject. Finally, many franchise systems have been able to effectively penetrate international markets, thus achieving additional growth and spreading economic and political risk.” –Udo SchlentrichFourth quarter 2007 and this year may see an overall drop in the index because of recent franchisor consolidations, market volatility and uncertainty, but if past performances are of any indication, the trend in the RCF 50 Index may continue to outperform the S&P 500 –even in this downturn.

Purpose: As an Infrastructure Project Coordinator, you will lead the delivery of large and small projects and services within IT Services which may include, but is not limited to, Process Engineering, Project Management, Service & Stability Management and Service Level Management. Be able to coordinate the full lifecycle of infrastructure projects and delivery of services. Demonstrate understanding of technical concepts in server, network, operating system, database and tool platforms that are supported within their area. Learn the TTS enterprise wide environment and how projects and delivery of services impact the enterprise. Follow TTS standards and best practices while working with minimal direction. Interact with other infrastructure teams, TTS clients, business clients or client representatives at Target, and vendor partners where appropriate. See Yourself: General Using TTS standards, tools and best practices to coordinate projects, manage processes and deliver services Partnering with project lead, manager and/or client in defining project scope and timelines Ensuring quality projects are delivered that meet requirements and schedule Providing project and/or service delivery communications and updates to stakeholders Coordinating key project and/or service activities including the full project lifecycle and project management monitoring and control activities (risk plans, issue logs, change logs, quality reviews, tollgates, etc.) Ensuring project documentation is maintained (work plans, project definition, requirements, test plans, implementation schedules, RFCs, etc.) Communicating project direction and scope and works with manager or project lead to negotiate with teams to work through constraints and alternatives Using planning tools to proactively manage project resources Defining, document and implement infrastructure team business processes (process flows, roles and responsibilities, documents and procedures). Learning how to implement cross-team business processes. Participating with project team and vendor management in selection and negotiation of software and hardware products as well as the delivery of services Partnering with infrastructure platform engineers to drive technical decisions in the project or service delivery Tracking project financial data for projects and services as appropriate Tracking business and technology trends and keeps current with available options and innovative solutions for key infrastructure platforms and business initiatives Engineering Possessing a technical competency in computer, network, operating system or tools platforms that are supported by their team Managing detailed project plans at a task level across the full project lifecycle for small technology projects, may include large projects, and infrastructure processes that may involve cross-organization teams Writing and managing vendor RFIs, RFPs and sourcing documents for technology projects Completing detailed requirements specifications for small technology projects, and may include large projects Maintaining the clerical/administrative side of expense management for projects (tracking detailed purchases to project codes and maintaining project expense totals) Learning the impact of project decisions across technology platforms within the enterprise Support Identifying key metrics to support the business Communicating progress and results to project partners Researching process gaps across teams and identify solutions Managing detailed project plans at a task level across the full project lifecycle for numerous small to medium sized technology projects and support processes that may involve multiple teams within a department Maintaining the administrative side of expense management for projects and contract support staff Operations Working with the business and technical teams to define infrastructure delivery needs and implement innovative solutions that meet ITS objectives. Partnering with clients to analyze infrastructure processes and related problems. Providing facilitation and consultation services to ITS client teams. Providing project management, financial management and resource management as needed. Infrastructure Development Services Planning, coordinating, and leading infrastructure solutions for Development and IT Services projects, specifically those projects that require coordination across multiple infrastructure groups Providing consulting on infrastructure-related project and process deliverables Directing clients to resources for further assistance Acting as a neutral point of contact for clients to navigate the IT Services organization Encouraging communication, collaboration and commitment across the enterprise on infrastructure related initiatives Job Requirements :Minimum Requirements: Five years of IT experience (development, support, business analyst, infrastructure) College degree in Information Systems (related field) or equivalent IT experience Ability to work on assigned tasks without daily interaction with supervisor Ability to maintain confidentiality with information or items as required Ability to manage projects, set timeliness and meet deadlines Practical approach to problem solving Strong analytical, reasoning, organizational skills Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills Knowledge of TTS processes, practices and applications Ability to influence without authority Ability to effectively multitask Ability to lead projects Understanding of financial impacts upon budgetsDesired Requirements: Previous business and/or project leadership experience Understanding of financial concepts Assist with contractor budget forecasting and maintenance Clarity knowledge and administration HP Service Desk knowledge and system experience Vendor operational metrics SharePoint Administration and reporting Knowledge solution management

One of the most important terms in investing is “market cap.” Every company is some kind of “cap.” There are large-caps, small-caps, mid-caps and even microcaps. I’ll get into the differences among them in a minute. <br />
But first let’s understand where “cap” comes from. <br />
When analyzing a company, the most important thing to look at is how much it is worth, or at least how much the market thinks it is worth. That’s called the company’s market capitalization, or “cap.” Here’s how it is figured out… <br />
Say Company X has 100 million shares outstanding and a price of $12 per share. That would give it a market cap of $1.2 billion. The market cap is just the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the cost per share. <br />
But the classification of company sizes is the key idea. For instance, a large-cap (market cap of over $10 billion) cannot grow as much and as fast as a small-cap ($100 million–1.5 billion). Certainly, a microcap (under $100 million) can grow even faster, and a mid-cap ($1.5–10 billion) falls somewhere in between. <br />
[Side note: For our purposes, we’ll combine small- and microcaps… So everything under $1.5 billion will be a small-cap.] <br />
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History sides with small-caps. Rolf Banz made a famous study back in the early 1980s, called “The Relationship Between Return and Market Value of Common Stocks.” In this important report, Banz found that over the 50-plus years he studied, the smaller the company, the larger the average return. This held true for all the years he studied, regardless of whether the market ended the year up or down. <br />
Here are the exact results: <br />
As you can see, if you had invested in the smallest companies over that period, you would have made nearly five times what you would have had you invested in the blue chips. <br />
That’s the simplified reason why we love small-caps. So why don’t we call ourselves the Small-Cap Sleuth? Well, we like to break it down even further. Let me explain… <br />
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Penny Stocks vs. Small-Caps <br />
Let’s return to our previous example… <br />
Company X has a market cap of $1.2 billion (100 million shares times $12 per share). That’s a small-cap company, but not a penny stock. Penny stocks are defined as anything with a market cap under $1.5 billion (hence, they are all still small-caps) and a price per share under $10. So you can see Company X doesn’t fit both requirements. Therefore, we wouldn’t recommend it. <br />
Now, let’s say Company X has a 2-for-1 split (meaning if you owned one share before the split, you’d own two after). Now there are 200 million shares, but the share price is only $6. That would make it a penny stock. It now falls perfectly within our range. <br />
So why would we recommend only penny stocks? Well, there are a number of factors… <br />
First, there is market psychology at work here… <br />
When certain investors see a $6 stock, they think it’s cheap. This may not be the case. If it had the same market capitalization at $50 per share, the investor wouldn’t think that way. So penny stocks look considerably cheap compared with other small-caps. <br />
That’s one reason. Another is buying power. <br />
With penny stocks, it is far easier to buy more shares as well as diversify between companies. Say you have four companies you’re are interested in buying, but only have $100 to spend. If they are all $50 a pop, you can’t do it. Now, if they are all $5 per share, you can get into all of these positions. Thus, buying a diversified portfolio. <br />
The third reason for picking penny stocks over more expensive ones is the price itself. <br />
If a company is sitting at $50 per share, it takes $5 swings to really start seeing profits or losses. With a $5 company, it takes only about 50 cents, which can easily be done in a day of trading. The smaller the price per share, the larger the price swings. That’s how short-term penny stock traders have been making millions over the years. <br />

A cap-and-trade system is widely regarded as the most politically accessible way for the U.S. to put a price on emissions, bring market factors to bear on emissions reductions and begin helping in the fight to mitigate global climate change. The European Union (EU) Emissions Tradng Scheme (ETS) and the United Nations (UN) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) have made mistakes getting their unprecedentedly ambitious efforts started. As a result, emissions reductions have not been impressive.Jacqueline McGlade, executive director, European Environment Agency: "Of course it was ambitious to set up a market for something you can't see and to expect to see immediate changes in behavior…"NewEnergyNews has been making this point for a long time: When the U.S. implements its cap-and-trade system, it should pay the EU a copyright fee. The EU and the world have learned much from the mistakes. The EU ETS grows more financially stable each year. Nobody who was realistic expected dramatic emissions reductions right away. Real reductions are not likely to occur until Phase 3 begins in 2013.It is actually impossible to accurately estimate the EU program’s real effectiveness. How much would emissions have grown without the ETS? Where would the U.S. be on emissions caps without the EU’s leadership? That said, a quick reconnoitering must follow.Mistake number one: Allowing too many free emissions permits. That has been corrected. A progressive proportion of emissions allowances is being auctioned.Mistake number two: Allowing special interests to exert influence. Corrected, especially in plans for 2013's Phase 3. Heinz Zourek, director general for enterprise and industry, European Commission: "As long as you treat [special interests] badly…it's better to treat them equally badly."Mistake number three: Allowing utilities and power companies too many permits made it easy for them to profit from the first phase of the ETS, creating a backlash against the system. The fight with those big, powerful interests is ongoing.Mistake number four: Offset projects in third world countries via the UN CDM may be preventing investment in New Energy. The UN CDM is making corrections but it is slowing progress. The mistakes the EU has corrected and the ones it is struggling with as it prepares the 2013 plan are invaluable to the U.S. as it prepares its own program. The U.S. pioneered emissions trading in the early 1990s with a small system that effectively dealt with acid rain. The EU, though, has made the real progress on such markets since the Bush administration shut down consideration of U.S. participation in early 2001.David Victor, director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development/Stanford University: "The politics you're now seeing in Europe are the real politics of carbon…The central lesson from Europe is that governments must find ways of managing the allowances that clearly are going to be one of the most valuable pieces of public property in the 21st century."Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama favor a cap-and-trade system. They differ on the severity of emissions reductions necessary. Obama would begin with auctioned permits while McCain would eventually auction them. Some of the EU’s most difficult challenges came because the U.S. refused to participate. Those difficulties will likely to be easier to manage once the U.S. comes in, especially because U.S. participation is expected to initiate an agreement with emerging economies (India, China, Indonesia, Brazil, etc.).The most important question remaining: Once the systems are up and running, can the regulators tighten the caps enough to significantly cut emissions and effectively mitigate global climate change?A market has been built from scratch. Eventually, it will act on emissions. (click to enlarge)Europe’s carbon market holds lessons for the U.S.James Kanter, June 19, 2008 (International Herald Tribune)WHOCap-and-trade advocates, including Senators Barack Obama and John McCain; EU ETS participants; European Environment AgencyWHATThe European Environment Agency reported carbon emissions from industries participating in the EU ETS cap-and-trade system continue to rise.Improvements in regulation learned from tough lessons now make the market stable for investors…(click to enlarge)WHEN- 2005: Trading began in the EU ETS - 2005 to 2006: EU emissions rose 0.4% - 2006 to 2007: EU emissions rose 0.7% - The Obama goal for cap-and-trade is to cut emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.- The McCain goal is to cut emissions 60% 1990 levels by 2050.WHERE- Emissions from 12,000 factories and plants producing electricity, glass, steel, cement, and pulp and paper and trading emissions permits in the EU ETS are quantified.- British iron and steel sector emissions rose 10+%.- British cement industry emissions rose 50+%.- Smaller, emerging economies like Hungary want easier restrictions on growth while environmentalists want harsher restrictions.WHY- The EU’s first mistake was in allocating too many emissions permits in the first year of trading, allowing the permit value to plummet. That mistake has been corrected.- Undue influence from individual industries has been curbed.- Ferocious lobbying over the details for Phase 3 of the EU ETS is ongoing.- Effective market oversight is crucial.- The EU steel and aluminum sectors use a lot of energy, generated big emissions in the first 2 phases of the ETS and are fighting for big allocations in phase 3.- Some multinationals are threatening to punish the EU by pulling investments out.- EU airlines say they can’t compete against airlines in countries without cap-and-trade.- Problems with the UN CDM may diminish investment in New Energy….In the beginning, it was a nightmare. The U.S. does not to need to make the same mistakes. (click to enlarge)QUOTES- Hugo Robinson , research group Open Europe: "We currently are in danger of losing yet another decade in the fight against global warming…The sheer amount of lobbying creates so much uncertainty about the way these markets operate that nobody really is investing in cleaner technologies in Europe…"- Jacqueline McGlade, executive director, European Environment Agency: "It's easy, with hindsight, to say we could have been tougher…"- David Victor, director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development/Stanford University: "Government largess on a vast scale was actually one of the main reasons that the European system actually got off the ground…The challenge for the United States now will be to have enough pork to get people to the meal, but not to give away so much that we end up squandering public resources."

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You must have the DNA of an AKQAer. Passionate about everything that you do. If you are a developer you will love technology and develop widgets, applications, gadgets and experiment with the latest technology at home in your own time. You will love to work in a team of highly skilled technologists each with strong opinions about various technologies, frameworks and approaches seeking to deliver the best possible solution. You will love to work on something new and will thrive when faced with a new challenge on a regular basis. You will always focus on the quality of your own, your peers and the projects overall deliverable, not resting until its perfect and not letting it be somebody elses problem. <br />
The Java Senior Software Engineer works with a technical team of highly skilled technologists to design, develop, deploy and maintain innovative solutions using the latest Java-based tools and technologies. <br />
Deliverables: criteria by which success can be measured <br />
" Balance of best practice and innovation in design and implementation <br />
" Applications of test strategies to achieve maximum code coverage <br />
" Solutions that are both effective and efficient in the scope of the entire project <br />
" Constant communication of solutions, risks and issues to the team <br />
" 100% utilisation at all times <br />
" Improved systems and processes within the department <br />
" All assigned tasks/projects are completed on time and to an exceptional standard <br />
" New skills are constantly learned and successfully applied to projects <br />
Required knowledge, skills and experience: <br />
" Proven experience in a senior software engineering role <br />
" Proficient in Eclipse or Intelli-J, J2EE (particularly Servlet API), Oracle, JDBC, PL/SQL, JUnit <br />
" Ideally (but not essentially) proficient in, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, FIT, Content Management (Magnolia, Alfresco) <br />
" Knowledge and understanding of object-orientated software design <br />
" Solid experience with version control software, ideally Subversion <br />
" Experience and understanding in developing web projects using a Model View Controller framework such as Struts or Spring <br />
" Ideally (but not essentially) knowledge and experience of design patterns and agile software development practices such as unit testing, continuous integration and refactoring <br />
" Knowledge of the full project lifecycle, from design to post-delivery support <br />
" Up-to-date knowledge of competing and new technologies <br />
" Proven experience in delivering one or more projects in own time <br />
" Excellent communication skills <br />
Personable attributes: <br />
" Passionate about technology, tracking new advancements in technology and an interest in experiencing different technologies that extends beyond the work environment <br />
" Strong attention to detail <br />
" Thrives in the face of new challenges <br />
" Always focused on the quality of your own, your peers and the projects overall deliverable, and not resting until its perfect <br />
" Flexibility in changing environments <br />
" Good-humoured <br />
" You will love to work in a team of highly skilled technologists each with strong opinions about various technologies, frameworks and approaches seeking to deliver the best possible solution <br />
" Aware of own limitations and keen to learn at every opportunity <br />
" Organised, observant, and patient <br />
" Seeks development and training on own accord <br />
" Leadership and mentoring qualities <br />
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After seeing the "Wanna Save On Gas, Vote (R) in November" posts popping up all over the right wing blogosphere and the feeble attacks of Brian Davis and Michele Bachmann.Right wing bloggers are trying to make an argument that GOP energy policies, if passed, would lower a tank of gas from $4.00 per gallon to around the $2.07 range.They chant on a consistent basis that no new refineries have "come on line" since 1976, blaming Democrats for that.Who's controlled the House and the Senate over the years?Since the 95th Congress, Democrats have controlled the Senate in the 95th, 96th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, and 103rd Congress'. Republicans have controlled the Senate in the 97th, 98th, 99th, 104th, 105th, 106th, 108th, and 109th Congress'. The 107th and 110th were split. In the House, Democrats have had a little more control, holding a majority from the 95th through the 104th Congress', Republicans in control the 105th through the 109th and Democrats taking back the House for the 110th.Republicans have had ample opportunity to pass legislation to allow for more refineries. In fact, they had a good opportunity from 1997 to 2007 to create the "Change We Deserve".They did nothing.In fact, with no Democratic majority from 1997-2007, the spike in gas prices could be explained in several ways.It's easy to argue that the oil companies are in the pockets of Republicans. Too easy…Truth be told, the 106th Congress is the cause of our $4.00 a gallon gas. Both the House and the Senate were controlled by Republicans for the 106th.The only practical difference between futures look-alike contracts and futures contracts is that the look-alikes are traded in unregulated markets whereas futures are traded on regulated exchanges. The trading of energy commodities by large firms on OTC electronic exchanges was exempted from CFTC oversight by a provision inserted at the behest of Enron and other large energy traders into the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 in the waning hours of the 106th Congress. The impact on market oversight has been substantial. NYMEX traders, for example, are required to keep records of all trades and report large trades to the CFTC. These Large Trader Reports, together with daily trading data providing price and volume information, are the CFTC’s primary tools to gauge the extent of speculation in the markets and to detect, prevent, and prosecute price manipulation. CFTC Chairman Reuben Jeffrey recently stated: “The Commission’s Large Trader information system is one of the cornerstones of our surveillance program and enables detection of concentrated and coordinated positions that might be used by one or more traders to attempt manipulation.”We're feeling the fiscal tails of this bad legislation now. The lack of oversight in the oil speculation markets is the biggest cause of our gas price hikes. Drilling in ANWR and off our coasts is a band-aid solution. Fuel efficient vehicles, slowing our addiction to petroleum, utilizing alternative energy sources, and regulating the oil speculation markets will provide the gas price sticker shock relief we truly need.

Oil Climbs Near $143 a Barrel <br />
Associated Press <br />
June 27, 2008 3:51 p.m. <br />
NEW YORK — Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel Friday as <br />
the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling <br />
greenback, a major factor in crude's stratospheric rise, will extend its <br />
decline and add to oil's appeal. <br />
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight, but are likely to resume their own <br />
trek into record territory now that oil futures have broken out of the trading <br />
range where they had been for nearly 3 weeks. <br />
Phil Flynn of Alaron Trading says that investors are seeking a safe haven in <br />
commodities amid a weak economy. He explains why oil prices will likely keep <br />
surging.(June 27) <br />
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose as high as $142.99 a barrel on the <br />
New York Mercantile Exchange before pulling back sharply in a spate of late-day <br />
profit-taking to settle up 57 cents at a record $140.21. On Thursday, the <br />
contract shot past $140 and rose more than $5 to a new settlement record. <br />
The latest record came as the dollar fell against the euro in afternoon <br />
trading, having traded roughly unchanged for much of the day. <br />
"The dollar was slightly stronger, and when it gave up its gains, that gave oil <br />
the green light," said James Cordier, president of Tampa, Fla.-based trading <br />
firms Liberty Trading Group and OptionSellers.com. <br />
The market now believes the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates <br />
in the near future; since higher rates tend to strengthen the dollar, traders <br />
are anticipating that it will continue to fall and, consequently, that <br />
investors will keep turning to commodities including oil as a hedge against <br />
inflation. <br />
"Oil's back in favor, especially with people bailing out of the stock market," <br />
said Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and <br />
Associates in Galena, Ill. <br />
The stock market's recent swoon is also sending investors in search of <br />
higher-yielding investments. On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell <br />
nearly 360 points, and in afternoon trading Friday was down more than 100 <br />
points. <br />
"When money has nowhere to go, it is parked in commodities as it is one of the <br />
few investment instruments that actually rises the more money you pour into <br />
it," said Oliver Jakob, an analyst at Petromatrix Gmbh, in Switzerland in a <br />
note. <br />
With oil over $140 a barrel, traders are now expecting to see $145 and even <br />
$150, analysts say. <br />
At the pump, meanwhile, gas prices slipped 0.1 cent overnight to a national <br />
average of $4.066 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA, the Oil <br />
Price Information Service and Wright Express. Gas prices have fallen slightly <br />
from their June 16 record of $4.08 a gallon, but will likely resume their <br />
record breaking rise if oil futures keep trending higher. <br />
That seems likely. Oil has more than doubled in the past year due to the <br />
dollar's decline, but also because of rising global demand, particularly in <br />
fast-growing economies such as China and India. Supply outages in the Middle <br />
East and Nigeria have also contributed, as has falling production in Mexico. <br />
The sharp increase in oil prices has driven a similar rise in fuel prices. Gas <br />
prices are $1.09 higher than a year ago, and diesel prices were up $1.85 over <br />
the past year at a national average of $4.763 a gallon on Friday. Diesel is <br />
used to fuel most industrial vehicles, trucks, trains and ships, and its <br />
increase is a large part of the reason food and consumer goods prices are <br />
rising, putting additional pressure on consumers already paying $4 and more for <br />
gas. Diesel prices peaked at $4.797, also on June 16, but are likely to push <br />
past that record if oil futures keep rising. <br />
In other Nymex trading Friday, July gasoline futures fell 1.01 cents to settle <br />
at $3.5012 a gallon after earlier rising to a trading record of $3.585. July <br />
heating oil futures rose 2.32 cents to settle at $3.9066 a gallon. August <br />
natural gas futures fell 5 cents to settle at $13.198 per 1,000 cubic feet. <br />
Copyright ) 2008 Associated Press

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